National Priority Programmes - Afghanistan Government
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) are restructuring their support services along M4P lines in advance of the anticipated shift in 2014 - Upper Quartile is working with the Minister and his team to restructure the package of support the donor community and the Afghan Government provide to rural Afghanistan.

Strategic Support for PSD in Conflict economies
Upper Quartile partners appointed to two PSD Boards in Afghanistan

Appointment to TradeMark East Africa’s Programme Evaluation Specialists Framework
Upper Quartile has recently strengthened its association with TMEA with our appointment to the organisation’s Programme Evaluation Specialists Framework.

Further Framework Success
Upper Quartile appointed to the Associate Consultancy Framework for the Edinburgh Institute in all three subject areas – economic development, entrepreneurship, and professional practice.

Herzegovina
Upper Quartile has been delivering training in economic techniques including M4P, value-chain and gap-analysis to development staff and sector experts in Herzegovina, in the Balkans.

Upper Quartile continues its support to CARD-F
Upper Quartile is delighted to announce an extension to its contract with the DFID funded Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development Facility (CARD-F) based in Kabul. CARD-F is a value-chain based M4P programme supporting rural agriculture.

South Sudan
We have recently undertaken a final evaluation of the TALME II programme funded by the European Union and delivered by Mercy Corps in the new nation of South Sudan.